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Etsy email

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    Horace
    wrote on 10 May 2021, 17:59 last edited by
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    Probably more to do with no fathers rather than bad fathers. It's racist to assume someone had a father.

    Education is extremely important.

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      mark
      wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:06 last edited by
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      I replied to the email. I normally would not do this but something compelled me to do so.

      To whom it may concern,

      I am not one to be offended and this email certainly does not offend me, but I find it in extremely bad taste.

      Even though this is irrelevant to this discussion, I had a great father who I miss every day since he passed from this life. I am also a father and my wife and I have been married for 34 years and we raised 3 wonderful, critical thinking children.

      Apparently whoever presented this idea to your management, and subsequently, the person or persons who approved this message are not exercising their critical thinking skills.

      I did not receive a similar email from you, asking me if I wanted to opt out of Mother's Day emails. I understand there are probably more people with bad fathers vs. bad mothers, but I know for a fact there are plenty of bad mothers out there and probably quite a few people who do not celebrate Mother's day.

      Instead of targeting a specific group, why not ask if someone wants to opt out of all "Holiday" emails? That would have been so much better.

      Or provide a list of holidays that the person would like to receive emails regarding on their profile.

      It is better to try to unite people than to divide them. Emails like this do nothing but contribute to division.

      You should know better than this.

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        Copper
        wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:07 last edited by
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        Men are bad.

        Unless, of course, they wear a dress.

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:17 last edited by Aqua Letifer 5 Oct 2021, 18:17
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          @Mark Call me cynical, but follow the money. This wasn't a messaging decision, but a financial one.

          Americans spend $25B on Mother's Day, and about half that for Father's Day. That's all retailers, though; Etsy caters more toward women, making the numbers even more skewed.

          Mother's Day is huge for Etsy. Father's Day, not at all so much. They let their sales numbers dictate their messaging, which is a surefire way to piss people off.

          I sent them a shitty email as well, FWIW.

          Please love yourself.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:18 last edited by Doctor Phibes 5 Oct 2021, 18:18
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            I'd happily opt out of father's day emails.

            In fact, the list of email topics had happily opt out of is quite extraordinarily long.

            I get $100 for Father's Day. No other celebration is necessary.

            I was only joking

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              Loki
              wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:24 last edited by
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              Mother’s Day contributes 23 billion to the economy and Fathers Day 16 billion. They were probably invented as retailer bonanzas.

              I don’t mind retailers sitting quietly in pain as they dare not cross our cultural overlords.

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                10 May 2021, 18:17

                @Mark Call me cynical, but follow the money. This wasn't a messaging decision, but a financial one.

                Americans spend $25B on Mother's Day, and about half that for Father's Day. That's all retailers, though; Etsy caters more toward women, making the numbers even more skewed.

                Mother's Day is huge for Etsy. Father's Day, not at all so much. They let their sales numbers dictate their messaging, which is a surefire way to piss people off.

                I sent them a shitty email as well, FWIW.

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                Horace
                wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:28 last edited by
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                @aqua-letifer said in Etsy email:

                @Mark Call me cynical, but follow the money. This wasn't a messaging decision, but a financial one.

                How does that email contribute to their bottom line? Does Etsy really drive people away with the fathers' day emails, or did they feel pressured to stop sending them because they received negative feedback from culture warriors virtuously supporting the fatherless?

                Education is extremely important.

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                • H Horace
                  10 May 2021, 18:28

                  @aqua-letifer said in Etsy email:

                  @Mark Call me cynical, but follow the money. This wasn't a messaging decision, but a financial one.

                  How does that email contribute to their bottom line? Does Etsy really drive people away with the fathers' day emails, or did they feel pressured to stop sending them because they received negative feedback from culture warriors virtuously supporting the fatherless?

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:30 last edited by
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                  @horace said in Etsy email:

                  @aqua-letifer said in Etsy email:

                  @Mark Call me cynical, but follow the money. This wasn't a messaging decision, but a financial one.

                  How does that email contribute to their bottom line? Does Etsy really drive people away with the fathers' day emails, or did they feel pressured to stop sending them because they received negative feedback from culture warriors virtuously supporting the fatherless?

                  Could very well be they hit the Mother's Day messaging too hard, had an uptick in opt-outs, and want to prevent that with the next spending holiday.

                  Obviously I don't know for sure but back in the long ago, other companies have done exactly that, and paid me to send that messaging out. So it or something like it are possibilities.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    Loki
                    wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:34 last edited by
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                    Feels like 1984 is here, just not how we expected.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:34 last edited by
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                      Guy, it's freaking spam. They're saying you can opt out!

                      Stop complaining!

                      I was only joking

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                      • D Doctor Phibes
                        10 May 2021, 18:34

                        Guy, it's freaking spam. They're saying you can opt out!

                        Stop complaining!

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                        Loki
                        wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:35 last edited by
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                        @doctor-phibes said in Etsy email:

                        Guy, it's freaking spam. They're saying you can opt out!

                        Stop complaining!

                        I didn’t realize I needed a reminder to optionally opt out, LOL.

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 10 May 2021, 18:47 last edited by
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                          I'm always deeply suspicious of anything that says you can opt out, because by doing so you're confirming your existence to them.

                          I was only joking

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                            10 May 2021, 18:34

                            Guy, it's freaking spam. They're saying you can opt out!

                            Stop complaining!

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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on 11 May 2021, 02:32 last edited by
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                            @doctor-phibes said in Etsy email:

                            Guy, it's freaking spam. They're saying you can opt out!

                            Stop complaining!

                            I got the same weird vibe as Mark, for some reason.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              brenda
                              wrote on 11 May 2021, 03:47 last edited by
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                              Etsy sent me those emails for both Mother's Day and Father's Day. I opted out of both.

                              Some people don't want to get those emails, and I'm one of those people. I wish more retailers would offer the opt out feature. Etsy is trying to be nice, and I appreciate it.

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